Thursday, April 7, 2016

Donald Trump’s
criticisms of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are winning
positive attention from analysts who argue the military alliance should
be getting more scrutiny from Washington.

“When Trump talks about
NATO being obsolete, it is dismissed as crazy rhetoric,” said Job
Henning, a defense analyst who recently wrote a piece advocating for
broad reform of the alliance. “But he is actually asking questions that
are pretty similar to what a lot of people have been asking.

Trump
made headlines over the weekend by questioning NATO’s relevance and
arguing its members aren’t paying their fair share. The comments came
just before NATO officials arrived in Washington for meetings with
President Obama and the Pentagon.

“Either they pay up, including for
past deficiencies, or they have to get out. And if it breaks up NATO, it
breaks up NATO,” Trump said Saturday in an interview with The
Washington Post.

The Trump comments were aimed at NATO members
who have repeatedly failed to meet the target of spending 2 percent of
their gross domestic product on defense. Only five of the 28 members —
the U.S., the United Kingdom, Greece, Estonia and Poland — now meet the
standard.

General Motors is hiring Chinese workers to build
Cadillac autos that will be sold to the American taxpayers who bailed
the company out in 2008.

The plug-in hybrid version of the CT6, which is already
manufactured in China, will be available in American showrooms this
summer, according to Bloomberg News.

There is growing criticism about General Motors’ decision
to hire Chinese workers for manufacturing jobs after accepting a huge
bailout from American taxpayers. “America invested in
GM and GM turned around and stabbed America in the back,” Rick Manning,
the president of Americans for Limited Government, told Breitbart News.

Breitbart has already reported on GM’s plan to sell the made-in-China Buick Envision in the United States.

Business mogul Donald Trump has made U.S. trade policies with countries like China a central theme of his populist campaign.

For
several weeks my local art museum displayed a traveling exhibit from
the Johnson Collection of art permanently located in Spartanburg, South
Carolina. The prevailing consensus among historians is that the
antebellum South did not produce much in the way of art, that its
literature was substandard, and that its only contribution to American
history was slavery and militaristic oligarchy. Those who read this
blog understand this position to be blatantly false, but the opinion
still exists.

The important part of this critique, however, is the perception that
anything Southerners produced or anything produced about the South in
antebellum America is somehow substandard unless it is an open critique
of Southern society. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin: good; William Gilmore Simms’s The Sword and the Distaff: bad; Theodore Weld’s American Slavery As It Is: good; Nehemiah Adams’s A Southside View of Slavery: bad.

Several paintings in the Johnson Collection stood out, not the least of which was the original Lost Cause by
Henry Mosler, but there is one that nicely exemplifies the thinking of
the modern historical profession in regard to Southern art, William
Thompson Russell Smith’s Shenandoah Valley (pictured above).

Smith was a Northern artist who enjoyed Southern life and often painted sweeping landscapes of the South. Shenandoah Valley
is a picturesque landscape complete with several slaves harvesting
wheat. The description of the painting includes this gem: “Smith chose
to romanticize Southern rural life rather than depicting its harsh
realities….Thus, he presents African-American figures in the painting as
if they are picturesque peasants working contentedly in an idyllic
field rather than as slaves laboring involuntarily for the owner of the
plantation home at right.”

Smith could not have been painting what he saw. No. He was making
this up so that people would buy his work. This is not an endorsement
of slavery, but merely a point that anything remotely benign or positive
about antebellum Southern life has to be a product of the “Lost Cause”
mentality and needs to be corrected by our wise Northern academy.
Forget that Smith painted this in 1846 and that he was a Northerner.
That doesn’t matter. It is only sufficient to “correct” an “idyllic”
impression of the South and to explain the true harsh realities of
Southern life. This type of narrative only serves to compound racial
animosity. It has been this way since the antebellum period.

The Johnson Collection includes works by Charles Bird King, stunning
portraits Stonewall Jackson and John C. Calhoun, the famous The Burial of Latane, and others. For more on the collection, visit its website.

Editor's note: Jim Day, until recently an Associated Press
correspondent for the Virgin Islands, focuses on fugitive Ishmael La
Beet in his 30th anniversary account of the "Fountain Valley massacre"
and its aftermath.

Sept. 6, 2002 - Thirty years after Ishmael Ali
LaBeet and four associates massacred eight people with gunfire at the
St. Croix golf club today known as Carambola, the Virgin Islands' most
wanted criminal remains a fugitive since skyjacking an airplane and
forcing its pilot to take him to Cuba in 1984.

LaBeet, who was born
on St. Thomas but was living on St. Croix after his discharge from the
U.S. Army, was sentenced along with the other four defendants to eight
consecutive life terms in 1973 for the murder of eight people in what
became known as "the Fountain Valley massacre."

While giving a presentation on hierarchy and busting hierarchy as part of “whiteness history month” at Portland Community College,
presenters Harriet and Charlotte Childress went on a rant about the NRA
and white males, saying that there are no mass shooters of any other
demographic. They also talk about the psychology involved in debating
single issue subjects by NOT talking about the issue, and instead
framing it in as an evil hierarchy of some sort.

Tuesday’s festivities at Portland Community College’s “whiteness history month” incorporated a series called “Black Love“,
which featured several breakout workshops with titles such as
“Colorism”, “Black Founding Fathers”, and “Self Defense/Discussion”.
Signs outside the rooms at the college read “Please respect that this
workshop is for Black and African identified folks exploring their
Blackness in a healthy and community based manor.”

At one point during the “self defense” workshop, they claimed that
Donald Trump is racist, and a white woman raised her hand to point out
that Trump has had several black people speak at his events. For this,
they took her off to the side and told her she was being disrupting and
had to leave.

(Note the militant Black Panthers lined up on the right in
the above pic, in uniform, complete with berets)

We decided to go back, with cameras rolling, as events cannot
discriminate based on color, and events at public educational
institutions are legally open to the public for participation.

Brookings Institute :“American children are receiving objectively worse academic instruction
because of Common Core,” and “Common Core has done nothing to help
children learn more overall.”

To the understandable relief of countless children and even more
parents, Common Core may not remain so common. The grand scheme of
centralized education that hijacked classrooms nationwide to align
instruction and ideology with Big Brother isn’t passing the test. And
while reports of Common Core’s demise might be premature — government
programs are the closest things to eternal life on earth — America’s
short-lived love affair with the program is quickly coming to an end.
One year before Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were finalized in 2010, 46 states formally endorsed
the effort. Not because they thought the still-unknown national
standards would lead to an educational rebirth but because billions in
Race to the Top Bottom federal grant money was tied to states' willingness to comply with Washington’s agenda.

Fast forward a few years, and states began to tell Washington
bureaucrats exactly where they could put their standards. In 2014,
Indiana, one of the earliest to sign on to Common Core, became the first state to ditch the standards. All told, dozens of states
have either pulled out completely or scaled back participation. After
Massachusetts abandoned the standardized tests late last year, even The
New York Times admitted that “what was once bipartisan consensus around national standards has collapsed into acrimony.”

Former President Bill Clinton slammed a
Black Lives Matter protest against Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, and
said the group defends gang leaders who get kids “hopped up on crack.”

“I don’t know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got
13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out into the street to
murder other African American children—maybe you thought they were good
citizens,” Clinton said.

“She [Hillary] didn’t. She didn’t. You are defending the people who kill the lives you say matter. Tell the truth.”

In 1972, Ishmael Muslim Ali LaBeet and four other killers walked into
the Fountain Valley golf club in the Virgin Islands. They rounded up
four Florida tourists and four employees, forced them to kneel on the
ground, and opened fire.

That was how the Fountain Valley Massacre began.

Afterward LaBeet and his fellow murderers were swarmed by civil rights
attorneys eager to claim that their clients had been tortured into
confessing. But the claims of torture were undermined by LaBeet.

At his trial, Ishmael LaBeet yelled, "I killed them all. I don't give a f__. I killed them all.”

“The man that I know is not the man you see on television. He’s a gentleman, he’s a good father.”

Rudolph W. Giuliani is not endorsing Donald J. Trump. But he is voting for him.

In an interview, Mr.
Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who has been uncharacteristically
quiet in the last week about the Republican primary, said that he was
planning to vote for Mr. Trump in the state’s primary on April 19, over
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio.

“He’s my friend, and I
think of the candidates, of the choices that I have, he’s the best
choice for president,” Mr. Giuliani said. “He’s a better choice than
Cruz and a more realistic choice than Kasich.”

Pro Donald Trump counter protesters took to the streets to assert
that anti-Trump activists congregating in Columbus Circle in New York
City today were “Soros funded”, with one man, a black local with his
children, insisting that the Republican front runner had his backing for
raising the issue of Mexicans taking employment away from black locals.

The man, who stood across from hundreds of anti-Trump demonstrators
outside the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue this afternoon, told Breitbart
News that “Come to Harlem. There’s so much building going on right now
in Harlem. Buildings are going up right now while we’re talking. And
I’ve got it documented, on every construction site in Harlem, you don’t
see [any] blacks working”.''

In 1914, my Great Grandfather John Pelopidus Leach died, and
the monument above was erected to him in Littleton. It depicts two
hands shaking, one black and one white, with the inscription, "This Is
What He Meant, All Men Up Erected By His Colored Friends."
Private/Captain/Colonel/Judge Leach donated the land for the Enon
Baptist Church in Littleton, and was generous to the poor and needy
throughout his life.

Dear Ms. Harris,

Any knowledgeable Southern Black can tell you that the Honorable Thomas( Stonewall ) Jackson, and his wife were more than just a friend to the African people. They cared for his spiritual welfare, and opened their home and Church and gave them an introduction to Jesus Christ like no other. And to this day that influence is still incorporated in the beings of their African ancestors.

However, it is important for you to understand that the NAACP set upon the attack of the Christian Cross of St. Andrew to raise funds for their depleting coffers, and for the new occupation of our homeland by the sons and daughters of the thieves and murders who came here under orders of Lincoln to rob, steal, rape, and murder innocent old men, men and children. Nothing else. There is no other reason that we find ourselves as a Black race once again being used as the weapon of choice against our White Southern family.

It makes no difference that the whole world was complicit in the economic institution of slavery, or that the Christian charity of the Southern White people to the African race has no parallel worldwide. Or that General Jackson and General Lee's Virginia was working so hard up until the South was illegally invaded to free the African people in honor. The bottom line is that those White folks who own the NAACP have an agenda of Southern social and cultural genocide that will make it comfortable for them to attain what they left behind. And could care less about the African people that they have duped as the Honorable General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne so well predicted.

The NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center are the foremost hate organizations in America today and try to disguise this fact as if they are friends to the African people. Having me to write to them is like feeding food to a dead man. I can only try to educate the masses to their treachery. God bless you!

I live in Gainesville Va just outside of Manassas home of the Manassas Battlefield and many Civil War statues and monuments.. I have grown up walking those fields, starring at statue and cannons and reading on all the Generals from the North and the South. Learning about the battle for control of the railroads in Manassas and seeing Henry Hill where the first women in the Civil War was killed ( I do believe). I went to Stonewall Jackson Middle and graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School in 1986. I have burial plot at Stonewall Cemetery and local business have also carried on the name of Stonewall Jackson.. I know a Church in Roanoke Va that has a glass pain in memory of Jackson as he built Sunday school for slaves and helped educate them and taught them how to read and when the church was built by members of this family they chose to honor him for his kindness in educating the family members. I don’t know a ton about General Jackson but he seems to me to have wanted the best for everyone and tried to live a godly life and had strong beliefs in god and in education.

The reason I am writing you is because after all these years of Stonewall Jackson High having its name (40 years) the local NAACP $NAACP$ has written a letter to our school board almost demanding a name change and comparing Jackson to OJ Simpson and Bill Cosby. Well needless to say our community is now in an uproar and the NAACP $NAACP$ is calling us whites racist and all kinds of nasty names. Like I said , I grew up in Manassas lived and went to school with black and whites, we all got along we all loved our school and had pride in it ..We all walked those battlefields and had great times.. They have turned this into a white/black thing that was Never there before and it is shameful.. I don’t know if you could write a letter or an email on behalf of Stonewall Jackson to the Naacp $NAACP$ to help them understand that he was not the hateful racist they are trying to make him out to be. Any kindness you could show in helping us in this matter would be grateful. If you are busy with life I understand, I don’t want to intrude.. THANKS FOR READING THIS !

Periodic artillery firing, Gen. W.J. Hardee’s HQ’s and staff, artillery/infantry skirmishes, CSA Surgeon and Field Hospital display, Youth CSA Enlistment Table, Drills and Certificates. The Sons of Mars NC SCV Camp will discuss local men and the companies and regiments they served in. Bring your children to be enlisted in the Sons of Mars and Scotch Boys – Youth Infantry Charge before skirmishes.

A 5PM artillery salute to North Carolina veterans will close the day’s events. The Edenton Bell Battery and Braddy’s Battery.

This event is sponsored by the Scotland County Tourism Development Commission, Scotland County Historical Properties Commission, the Cape Fear Historical Institute, the Sons of Mars NC SCV Camp, Scotland County Genealogical Society, and GriffinEstep Benefit Group, Inc. For more info, email bernhard1848@gmail.com or call 910.619.4619.

As time goes on, I find myself liking the Donald more and more. There are several reasons why.

For one, he is absolutely despised by the folks out here. They
ridicule and lambast him every chance they get. I even saw a car
defaced because the driver had the nerve to affix a Trump bumper sticker
on it (someone painted the F word on the car, on top of the sticker).
So if Trump is incurring this much hostility, the man must be doing
something right!

Another reason for my increased interest in the Donald is that the
most common adjective I hear describing him is “crazy.” Now that rings a
bell for me; sensible, level-headed Sarah Palin was labeled “crazy” as
well. It’s Soviet-style tactics; when a person is a threat to the
Powers that Be, and when there is no real dirt against him, the
radicals resort to calling the person “crazy.” In the real Soviet
Union, the “crazy” dissidents would be forced into insane asylums. Here
the “crazy” person is marginalized, insulted, and dismissed, Saul
Alinsky-style. Again, another compelling reason for voting for Trump.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.